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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>strange value when I put datetime test data in the expression rule</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/new-to-appian/35507/strange-value-when-i-put-datetime-test-data-in-the-expression-rule</link><description>Hi 
 If anyone knows why strange value show like that way, please let me know. 
 Why did I get a strange value when I put datetime test data in the expression rule? What should I do with the correct test data?</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: strange value when I put datetime test data in the expression rule</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/138381?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 04:32:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:f5173125-2e52-4a20-a5f8-fa7fa961d33b</guid><dc:creator>Karumuru Abhishek</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;hi &lt;a href="/members/spyb2323"&gt;8888&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; as &lt;a href="/members/stefanhelzle0001"&gt;Stefan Helzle&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; parsing of the values fails when we pass some string. you can use to date() or todatetime() functions to your values into valid datetime or date whenever you are passing values to your input or use datetime () function to have actual datetime&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: strange value when I put datetime test data in the expression rule</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/138379?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2024 17:24:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:b6548086-3c58-4f6a-9cf8-c655eed35064</guid><dc:creator>Stefan Helzle</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You cannot just write some string. Appian tries to parse this somehow and fails.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Create a real datetime value using the datetime() function.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>